Covid-19 Guidance on Travel-Related Issues

Spain has placed Greece, Denmark, the Czech Republic and several other countries and regions on its “high-risk” travel list.

Israel has opened its borders to foreign nationals who are vaccinated against Covid-19 or have recovered from the virus.

The UK has removed the last seven countries from its Covid-19 red list, which required newly arrived travelers to enter hotel quarantine.

Greece has opened its gates to travelers from five non-EU destinations and extended all rules concerning international arrivals from abroad.

The Greek government has announced a series of revised Covid-19 protective measures for hotels, after a spike of coronavirus cases in the country.

Covid-19 certificates issued by Armenia and the UK are now equivalent to the EU Digital COVID Certificate system for travel.

Traveling to the United States is expected to get easier starting on November 8 when a set of new travel rules take effect.

The Greek authorities have issued a reminder of the Covid-19 rules that travelers must follow when on domestic flights to all destinations in Greece.

The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority has extended the Covid-19 rules that travelers from abroad must follow to enter Greece.

The EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate has played a decisive role in Europe’s response to the pandemic and facilitated travel, according to a European Commission report.

The United States will open to foreign nationals that are fully vaccinated, including from the UK and Europe, from November 8.

All of Greece’s Covid-19 travel rules for international flights and passengers have been extended.

EU leaders are expected to request the mutual recognition of Covid-19 certificates from third countries in an attempt to facilitate travel in and out of the EU. 

The Covid-19 rules that international travelers must follow to enter Greece have been extended, according to the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority.

The European Council has added Bahrain and United Arab Emirates to its updated ‘safe list’ of countries for which restrictions should be lifted for travel into the EU.

Global travel and tourism bodies have welcomed the UK government’s decision to narrow down its “red list” of countries based on Covid-19 risk.

Air industry executives are calling on governments to simplify measures used to manage the risk of Covid-19.

The UK now has a new two-category set of international travel rules and has changed the testing requirements when fully vaccinated travelers enter England from a non-red list country.

The Covid-19 rules that all passengers from abroad must follow to enter Greece have been extended, according to an update by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA).

Most EU, EEA and Swiss citizens now need a valid passport to enter the UK as the government has stopped accepting national identity (ID) cards as a travel document.